The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-09-24
Guilty of Mans.au&la:er.

The case of Fred Munchrath, on
trial in Souix City for he Haddock
murder, was given to the jury at $50
last Saturday evening, and at 1870
Sunday afternoon sent in word that
they had arrived at an agreement, but
it was about ? o'clock before the court
was ready TO receive them, at which
time they were asked the usual qustions
when the sealed finding was handed to
the Clerk who read rs follows: I'VE,
the jury, find the defendant guilty Of
manslaughter.o When the Clerk read
the verdict the defendant turned death
ly pale, clasped his hands and rocked
to and fro in his chair. OF course the
usual motion for Il new trial was made
and the Judge suspended sentence IN
til next Monday. The extreme pen
atty for manslaughter in Iowa Is i'm
prisonment in the penetentiary for
eight years. 4 Souix City dispatch
says:
10 say that the verdict was a sur
prise TO the community is only stating
the truth. From two members of the
jury it IS learned.tha there was prac-
tically no disagreement Is to the guilt
of the defendant. The only question
was az to the degree Of his guilt, and
there was u variety Of opinions on
that point, and the verdict OF man
slaughter wa not reached until twenty
ballots were taken. Inasmuch rs it
was not claimed By the state that the
defendant fired the fatal shot, and
there was evidence to show that Just
before the shooting he said: Boys,
give him 4 black eve The verdict is
perhaps all that could be expected.
The verdict is received here hv the
people generally with every evidence
of satisfaction. 1t is regarded as in
dicating the policy Of the state in the
prosecution Of the Haddock cases.
The trial Of Munchrath has developed
much new evidence valuable to the
prosecution. 1t has absolutely shat
tered and c9ntradicted the alibi which
Arensdorf attempted to set up in his
trial. There are already indications
which 90 to show that there need be
no surprise il important developments
in the way Of further new evidence are
forthcoming within a few days
The real estate liar who boons
Duluth's rocky hillside for The Even
ing Herald, evidently had a bad at
tack few days ago, when after lying
in glowing scrms about the value Of
stone over there gets of the following
about Superior:
Over on the other side Of the BAY
speculative values have been we'll
maintained lately, owing to the rumor
that Mr.. Stickney has offered in con-
sideration Of receiving a clear title to
500 lots in Old Superior, 10 straighten
out the kinks in the course of the
Nemadii River, and dredge two miles
Of it out 20 feet deep and 200 feet
wide, thus making Duluth and West
Superior entirely superauous spots on
the footstool. This gorgeous plan has
had the effect of chirking up the old
settlers and also Of making them stick
tighter than ever TO the property, to
which they have stuck a close as burs
to a COWS tail for the best part Of Il
century Cor thereabouts
Any FIVE year old child will see at a
glance that the doIt scribbles Of things
he knows nothing about Mr. Stick
ney wants more than 800 lots and
that channel IS to be 600 feet vide 50
as TO give tho large steamers ample
room to move about, and that we are
not sticking TO our property tighter
than eyer before IS proven in the fact
that Mr. Stickneys company IS get
ting all the land it wants much more
than 800 lots Duluth feels mighty
bad oyer that Stickney deal, and we
do not wonder at it, but we did sup
pose they had sand enough left not to
whine about it quite 50 much. Don
worry 50 much about Superior, boys
On Sunday afternoon last, says a
nprr I,,l 1;.7.,t,L - --.;,l; :;